Implementation Consultant Contracts in England

Implementation Consultant
UK > England

The median Implementation Consultant daily rate in England is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 471 626
Rank change year-on-year +9 +155 +138
Contract jobs requiring an Implementation Consultant 41 63 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.17% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.18% 0.042%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 14
10th Percentile £425 £407 £408
25th Percentile £472 £468 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year -2.68% -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £634 £714 £675
90th Percentile £763 £941 £760
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 24,928 34,097 45,064
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.98% 92.94% 94.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,225 22,304 31,898
10th Percentile £290 £300 £311
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £660
90th Percentile £739 £750 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,213 2,454 1,398
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.00 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.25 £19.28
Median hourly rate £28.18 £40.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% -6.98% +72.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.86 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -33.75% -5.88% +65.50%

Implementation Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Implementation Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Implementation Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Implementation Consultant in England over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Implementation Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Implementation Consultant in England

Implementation Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 14 July 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +13 15 £600 +9.09% 27
North of England +6 12 £525 - 27
Midlands +4 8 £500 -47.37% 6
Yorkshire +5 5 £525 - 6
East Midlands +1 5 £550 -42.11% 4
North West +1 5 £800 - 19
West Midlands - 3 £500 - 2
South East +39 2 £475 -13.64% 9
North East - 2 £425 - 3
South West +34 1 - - 7
Implementation Consultant
UK

Implementation Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 14 July 2025, Implementation Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Implementation Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.07%) SAP
3 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) Requirements Gathering
3 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
4 5 (12.20%) SaaS
4 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Analytics
4 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
4 5 (12.20%) SQL
5 4 (9.76%) CRM
5 4 (9.76%) Workflow
5 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
5 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
5 4 (9.76%) Project Management
5 4 (9.76%) System Testing
5 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) CMDB
5 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (9.76%) Sprinklr
5 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (7.32%) Process Improvement
6 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.32%) Customer Service

Implementation Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (2.44%) InDesign
1 1 (2.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (9.76%) Sprinklr
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.44%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (2.44%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 1 (2.44%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) SaaS
2 2 (4.88%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Azure
3 1 (2.44%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.44%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.88%) Firewall
1 2 (4.88%) Wireless
2 1 (2.44%) BGP
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.44%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (2.44%) IPsec
2 1 (2.44%) LAN
2 1 (2.44%) MPLS
2 1 (2.44%) OSPF
2 1 (2.44%) SSH
2 1 (2.44%) SSL
2 1 (2.44%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.44%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Data Mart
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (2.44%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Ant
2 1 (2.44%) Dreamweaver
General
1 11 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.88%) Local Government
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Marketing
5 2 (4.88%) Retail
6 1 (2.44%) Billing
6 1 (2.44%) Front Office
6 1 (2.44%) Law
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Publishing
6 1 (2.44%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) HTML
2 2 (4.88%) CSS
3 1 (2.44%) Flash
3 1 (2.44%) Node.js
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (2.44%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.44%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.44%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) CMDB
1 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
2 2 (4.88%) Social Media
3 1 (2.44%) Blog
3 1 (2.44%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.44%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.44%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.44%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.44%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.88%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (14.63%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (12.20%) Analytics
3 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
3 4 (9.76%) CRM
3 4 (9.76%) Project Delivery
3 4 (9.76%) Project Management
3 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (9.76%) System Testing
3 4 (9.76%) Workflow
4 3 (7.32%) Agile
4 3 (7.32%) Customer Service
4 3 (7.32%) Migration
4 3 (7.32%) Process Improvement
4 3 (7.32%) RBAC
4 3 (7.32%) SAP Implementation
4 3 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (4.88%) Agile Project Management
5 2 (4.88%) Data Analytics
5 2 (4.88%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) Groovy
3 1 (2.44%) ABAP
3 1 (2.44%) Bash
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) PeopleCode
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
1 6 (14.63%) SC Cleared
1 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) ACCA
2 3 (7.32%) CIMA
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.44%) CCIE
4 1 (2.44%) CCIE Wireless
4 1 (2.44%) CCNP
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Basel II
1 1 (2.44%) Basel III
1 1 (2.44%) EMIR
1 1 (2.44%) IFRS
1 1 (2.44%) MiFID
1 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Control-M
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.44%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) SAP
2 5 (12.20%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
4 2 (4.88%) Avaya
4 2 (4.88%) AVEVA
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
4 2 (4.88%) Facebook
4 2 (4.88%) Genesys
4 2 (4.88%) Instagram
4 2 (4.88%) Twitter
4 2 (4.88%) YouTube
5 1 (2.44%) Adobe
5 1 (2.44%) Ariba
5 1 (2.44%) Calypso
5 1 (2.44%) Charles River
5 1 (2.44%) F5
5 1 (2.44%) Murex
5 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat